PM Narendra Modi to Launch Infrastructure And Housing Projects Worth Rs 41,000 Crore Including Two Metro Corridors in Maharashtra Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Infrastructure and housing projects worth about Rs. 41,000 crore today. The Prime Minister first will lay the foundation stone of two metro corridors — Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro and Dahisar-Mira-Bhayander Metro at Kalyan in adjoining Thane district of Maharashtra.
Mumbai, December 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will launch Infrastructure and housing projects worth Rs. 41,000 crore in Maharashtra. The Prime Minister first will lay the foundation stone of two metro corridors — Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro and Dahisar-Mira-Bhayander Metro at Kalyan in adjoining Thane district of Maharashtra. PM Modi will also launch Navi Mumbai town planning Authority City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's (Cidco) mass housing scheme worth Rs. 18,000 crore, which offers around 89,771 affordable homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. PM Narendra Modi Pays Tribute to 'Makers of Constitution' Ahead of Constitution Day in 50th Episode of Mann Ki Baat.
The Rs. 8,416-crore 24.9-km long Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan metro-5 corridor is expected to carry around 2.29 lakh commuters daily in 2021, with the entire system designed for six-coach trains. The corridor will have 17 stations. The 10.3-km elevated Dahisar-Mira Bhayander metro-9 corridor, comprising eight stations, is expected to be completed by 2022, and the cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 6,607 crore. Raebareli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Slams Congress in Sonia Gandhi's Stronghold.
The metro-9 will be integrated with metro-7 (Dahisar to Andheri) and metro-2A (Dahisar and DN Road) and the Rs. 3,600-crore Gaimukh-Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) metro-10. Of the total project cost for metro-9, the cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and civil works will be met by the state government and MMRDA, which is Rs. 4,967.75 crore, while the cost of rolling stock and systems, which is Rs. 1,639.25 crore, is proposed to be met from loan assistance of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), an MMRDA official said.
PM Modi will then lay the foundation stone for the third metro line between Hinjewadi and Shivajinagar in Pune. The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority is implementing the project on a public-private partnership basis.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena slammed PM Modi for taking all the credit of all the development projects in the state. Sena ministers and MLA's even boycotted the events at Kalyan and Pune.
(With inputs from PTI)
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